In most industries, maintenance is one of the highest elements of operating costs. However, the consequences of failing to maintain an asset properly may be significant in terms of cost, safety, equipment availability, equipment
reliability and the environment.
Developing a maintenance strategy around risks enables maintenance costs to be reduced, maintenance to be more effective and the risks to be suitably managed.
ARCs consultants are experienced in a range of techniques and tools to reduce maintenance costs whilst improving asset reliability and availability:
Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
Risk Based Inspection
Condition Based Monitoring
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Spares Provision Assessment
The ARC approach to Maintenance Optimisation
ARCs approach to Maintenance Optimisation is centred on the identification and assessment of risks using the following basic steps:
Develop a comprehensive plant inventory
Determine the failure modes and degradation mechanisms for each component
Assess the probability of the failure occurring based on pre-assigned ratings for various factors
Rank the potential consequences of each occurrence considering such factors as production loss, personnel safety, environmental damage, etc.
Determine the acceptability of the risk based on a client agreed risk matrix
Determine risk reduction measures, maintenance tasks and periodicities to ensure that the risks are suitably managed
By tailoring ARCs capabilities and maintenance optimisation tools to individual client needs, ARC can provide bespoke maintenance solutions specifying maintenance tasks, periodicities, design modifications and spares holdings.
Experience
Our experience includes the following projects:
Assessment of remaining Substation Life based on current condition, spares support, defect history and operating history for RNAD Coulport.
Review of SCADA spares holding and preconditioning of spares for HMNB Clyde.
Development of management strategies for maintenance of plant, equipment and infrastructure for a large petrochemical site.
Reliability Centred Maintenance Assessment of a nuclear accident detection and alarm system. |
